"I want everyone to know that wherever Mrs. Kathy is you can get a smile, hug and feel completely welcome. I love you guys like my own children.” READ MORE

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Unsung People shares stories of people making our communities better.

For every positive story online, there are 17 negative ones, so people perceive the world as more dangerous than it actually is. Researchers have coined this term the "Mean World Syndrome."

We want to contribute to building a world in which people trust each other more. And people are more likely to trust a world they know is kind. Our goal is to shed light on the kindness around us, and share inspiring positive news.

Mr. Lin tries to always see each child as an individual and more than just a data set, and his effectiveness is evident in his students with whom he forms close bonds and still keeps in touch with today.

"The lessons that he taught me wouldn’t fade: to be kind, to be forgiving, to not be critical. Little lessons like that. And only finding the good, and filling yourself with that. Living for someone else, it makes it bigger than you.”

“Figuring out how to maintain a posture of gratitude, and positivity, while still striving for justice, and being angry about our lack of it, seems to be so difficult and challenging, but so important.”